GRAND DANCE OF THE PERIOD BY A
HUNDRED REAL VERONESE.
(Exeunt Retainers.
Enter Romeo, dropping from wall by aid of a branch. Presently Juliet appears. They talk (but never mind the dialogue.) Enter Watchmen. They struggle with Romeo. Juliet throws flower-pots at watchmen. Exeunt Watchmen, with broken heads. Here the lovers might speak; but perhaps words will only delay the action. Capulet enters with Retainers. Romeo is bound to a tree. During struggle Juliet descends from balcony by aid of vine, and fills Retainers’ muskets with water from a patent garden tube. Capulet and Retainers retire. They point their muskets at Romeo, Capulet gives the word, but the muskets are harmless. Juliet picks up pruning knife and releases Romeo. They are discovered. Romeo is again a prisoner, when he tells Capulet that amongst the papers to be opened at his death is the last will of Capulet’s father, leaving all to charity. The old man blesses his children, and for a time, at least, the lovers are happy. But there are more sensations to come.
The Grasshopper, July 1, 1869.
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Mercutio’s Description of Queen Mab.
Mercutio.—
Here comes Romeo—poor fellow he’s mooney
Sweet on Rosaline! Oh, regular spooney,—
Found him this morning at the lady’s door,